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The accompanying table shows the classified causes of malnutrition
as it occurs in children at present in attendance at the
schools under the Authority, the type of treatment carried out
iri connection with these children and the results obtained.
It will be seen that there are 169 children who are still under
treatment for malnutrition; the average school attendance for
the period involved is 18,470; giving a figure for children suffering
from malnutrition of 9.1 per thousand, as compared with a figure
of 10.7 per thousand for England and Wales.
In conclusion I beg to submit that it is doubtful whether
"the most susceptible index of malnutrition in a community is
concerned with children of school age."
In this connection must be considered the several facilities
for combating malnutrition in school children and the natural
parental affection which often entails serious sacrifice in the interest
of the off-spring. This latter factor is by no means uncommon
in East Ham and it may well be that the percentage of
cases of malnutrition in the adult members of the population is
greater than that which exists amongst school children.